The Europeans have gone along with this but may not be able to deliver, since their Banks entered the crisis with much feebler capital cushions than their American counterparts.

欧洲国家对此赞同，但是可能无法表达，因为他们的银行处于比他们的美国对手缓冲资金更弱的危机。

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Despite their prominent role in the global financial crisis, American Banks still dominate an annual list of the world's biggest, ranked by their tier-one capital.

尽管在全球金融危机中遭受重创，但根据一级资本排名，美国银行在世界最大银行年度排行榜上仍据统治地位。

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And although the export of subprime exposure has helped preserve the capital of American Banks, it has rocked Banks abroad.

尽管次级效应的出口有助于保存美国银行的资本，但国外的银行却被震动。

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Hard hit by the global financial crisis, a series of well-publicized lending and trading disasters, and now saddled with new regulations and capital requirements, once proud American banks have lost much of their luster.

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By buying assets, the Fed allows American banks to shed them, freeing scarce capital for fresh lending.

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How much, you might ask, do other American banks rely on such stakes, or on other capital-markets business that they may be ill-equipped to handle?

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